Top News A two-doctor ENT practice in Michigan closes for good and its partners retire after they refuse to pay a hacker $6,500 to restore their ransomware-encrypted systems. Some of their patients worry about starting over at new practices that can’t get their...

Well, it wasn’t the Tesla that flamed up this time. Hmm, the Tesla was supposed to be the car that went up in flames, right? What gives? The truth here is that it’s actually much less common for EVs to catch fire. But, most of us wouldn’t ever realize that since...

The market is switching to higher power chargers and faster charging EVs It’s been more than a year since Fastned installed its first 175 kW DC fast charger (CCS Combo 2 plug), making a huge step from the ordinary 50 kW chargers. Since then, the number of new...

THE THREE THINGS THAT WILL KILL ELECTRIC CARS FOR REAL Guest Contributor: Hamish McKenzie* If you’ve read anything about electric cars, you’ve no doubt come across the arguments that suggest the world is still not ready to give up its century-and-a-half dependence on...

It is so cold that even the prototypes are snuggled closely next to each other BMW released a short note about a trio of its upcoming all-electric cars, based on the fifth generation of BMW eDrive technology, that are currently being tested at the winter test center...

Engadget on the Nissan LEAF e+: Exactly what you expect Nissan has completed the switch from the first-generation LEAF to the second-generation LEAF with the introduction of the long-awaited longer range e+ version, exceeding 200 miles of EPA range. In the first test...

In the case of acceleration, only the amount of sky cash you have is the limit. Tesla doesn’t make slow cars. The latest entry-level Tesla Model 3 is the slowest Tesla ever made, but it’s far from being slow. The Standard Range version can go 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) in...

Informative, inspiring, or just plain interesting education and digital technology content from across the web, posted on Twitter over the past week and collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … teaching Bio with AR & VR (the sciences...

Despite some skepticism, Tesla’s new plan should increase sales and revenue. Elon Musk recently announced that Tesla will be shutting down 10% of its retail stores and is reviewing another 20% of its stores for potential closure. These store closures will allow Tesla...

More range or lighter electric vehicles on the horizon Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) announced that its new lithium-ion cell sample achieved energy density of 304 Wh/kg. The value was unofficially known from at least...

President Trump hasn’t minced his words—or his policy—in declaring that he doesn’t think electric cars are a good idea. At a Thursday night rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump took his electric-car criticism to a new (and somewhat hard-to-follow) level, jumping...

The Taycan could actually be better than initially anticipated in the concept version Several media outlets were invited to visit the Porsche Taycan test event in Sweden to see the prototypes, talk with engineers and even take some rides. The Taycan is considered as...

Good morning from Maine where we still have plenty of snow, but it is starting to melt fairly quickly.This month I had the privilege to speak at a couple of conferences and spend a week working…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...

Every week I record three to five tutorial videos. I’ve been doing this for the last five years. There are now more than 1,000 videos on my YouTube channel including 300 tutorials about various G…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

As the winter fades and spring begins to bloom here in New England, kids and adults are itching to get outside more often. This is a great time to take your students outside for some lessons. That’s…Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...

Tesla is in the middle of its end-the-quarter push to deliver as many vehicles as possible and it’s even using its own electric semi truck prototypes to deliver vehicles. CEO Elon Musk shared a picture of the Tesla Semi truck carrying the vehicle – showing a glimpse...

Seasonal bottom was reached, now it’s time to go up February – as typical – brings a significant slowdown of the general volume of car sales in China, but BYD managed to increase its plug-in electric car sales by around 70% year-over-year to over 14,000. It’s kind of...

More electric buses coming to New York City The New York City Transit will expand its electric bus fleet by 15 low floor 60-foot Xcelsior CHARGE from New Flyer. The latest order – the biggest for articulated Xcelsior CHARGE buses so far – includes also 16 150 kW...

Tesla Semi delivers Model 3… before the first delivery of the Tesla Semi Jerome Guillen, the President of Automotive at Tesla, released on his LinkedIn profile a photo of a Tesla Semi with a trailer loaded with Tesla Model 3s. Guillen described it as: “Perfect day for...

There has long been a debate about Apple’s secretive automotive project being only about a self-driving system for vehicles rather than a full electric autonomous vehicle. It now looks clear that the latter is the case as Apple hires Tesla’s head of electric...

The future is still far away, but maybe there is a chance again? Interesting news comes from China where The9 Limited (The9), an Internet company listed in NASDAQ, announced a 50/50 joint venture with Faraday&Future Inc. According to the press release, The9...

When two dogs fight for one bone, a third runs away with it The Hyundai Kona Electric and Chevrolet Bolt EV are two very similar electric cars, which means that if you’re looking for subcompact EV, then you might consider both. Recently, News Coulomb had the...

Even in the slowest month, plug-in car sales exceeded 50,000 According to the EV Sales Blog, sales of plug-in electric cars in China amounted in February to close to 53,000, which is 58% more thana year ago at a market share of 4.3%. All those number are like another...

This Kangaroo can go 250 km/h (155 mph) The all-electric Kangaroo concept from Geneva is hard to classify – GFG Style (founded by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro in 2015) describes it as a Hyper-SUV. For us, it seems kind of like an elevated sporty roadster. The...